Sunshine Mine
Sunshine Mine is a quarry in Alpine County, Sierra Nevada, California and has an elevation of 8,022 feet.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Alpine County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5400285
- Address: CA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leviathan Mine.
Leviathan Mine
Quarry
Photo: Uncle Kick-Kick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leviathan Mine is a United States superfund site at an abandoned open-pit sulfur mine located in Alpine County, California. The mine is located on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada at about 7,000-foot elevation, 6 miles east of Markleeville and 24 miles southeast of Lake Tahoe. Leviathan Mine is situated 2 miles east of Sunshine Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Markleeville and Marklee Village.
Markleeville
Village
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Markleeville is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Alpine County, California, United States. The population was 197 at the 2020 census, down from 210 at the 2010 census. Markleeville is situated 5 miles west of Sunshine Mine.
Marklee Village
Neighborhood
Markleeville is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Alpine County, California, United States. The population was 197 at the 2020 census, down from 210 at the 2010 census. Marklee Village is situated 6 miles west of Sunshine Mine.
Sunshine Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Alpine County, Sierra Nevada, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.69963° or 38° 41′ 59″ northLongitude
-119.6899° or 119° 41′ 24″ westElevation
8,022 feet (2,445 metres)Open location code
85C2M8X6+V2OpenStreetMap ID
node 369168432OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Sunshine Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sunshine Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, California, Alpine County)”
- Cebuano: “Sunshine Mine”
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